Hydro Jetting in Cary, NC

When a cable isn't enough

• A kitchen sink that was cleared last season is slowing down again
• The lowest tub or shower fills with gray water when the dishwasher drains
• Toilets on the ground floor gurgle after laundry runs
• The plumber's cable came back coated in grease or fine root hair
• A sour smell lingers at a floor drain or the outdoor cleanout cap

One fixture misbehaving usually means a clog close to that fixture. Several at once points to the building drain or the sewer lateral, which is where jetting does its best work.

Cary homes and their drain lines

The Town of Cary runs its own sewer system, with the North Cary and South Cary water reclamation facilities plus the Western Wake Regional facility in New Hill that Cary shares with Apex and Morrisville. Problems in the public main are the Town's to fix. The pipe that runs from your house out to that main is where most homeowner backups start.

Cary's housing is fairly young. Census survey figures put the median home at 1999 and only about 12% of homes before 1980, so most laterals are plastic rather than clay. Plastic pipe tolerates jetting well, and in newer houses the usual culprits are kitchen grease, wipes and the occasional bit of construction debris rather than roots through broken joints. Older pockets, including parts of Kildaire Farms and the streets near downtown, are worth a camera look before high pressure goes in, because pipe material there can vary.

A jet head is fed by a hose from a trailer or cart-mounted pump. The plumber works it upstream and back, and the rear-facing nozzles pull the hose along while they scrub. Most of the loosened material simply washes down to the main.

What the price depends on

• Whether there's an accessible cleanout or the plumber has to work through a toilet flange or roof vent
• How far it is from the house to the town main
• What's actually in the line: soft sludge clears faster than a hardened grease plug
• Whether a camera inspection is included or quoted as its own item
• Evening or weekend scheduling

How the call works

The number on this page connects you with an independent plumber who serves Cary. It helps to say which fixtures are slow, when the line was last cleared and whether you know where the cleanout is. If water is coming up through a floor drain or tub, hold off on showers, laundry and flushing until the line has been opened.